Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-08-12

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From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

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[01] Gov't spokeswoman Gerovassili rejects early elections scenarios

[02] 57,178 identified migrants and refugees in Greece on Friday

[01] Gov't spokeswoman Gerovassili rejects early elections scenarios

Gerovassili said that the truth is that main opposition New Democracy (ND) wants the authority but they'll have to wait.

On the debt relief she noted that the issue is already on track and a package of short, mid and long term measures has been agreed and at the same time the correlations in EU are getting better.

Asked if the government worries over the increase of refugees arrivals on the Greek islands she said "The government is closely watching them for the first minute. Regarding the agreement between EU and Turkey on the migration, it continues to be implemented normally. The Greek state complies with those agreed and is ready to deal with the unexpected, however, a change is not visible as time passes and the situation in Turkey returns to normal.

[02] 57,178 identified migrants and refugees in Greece on Friday

According to the Refugee Crisis Management Coordination Body's figures, 20,258 of the refugees are in northern Greece, 9,900 are hosted in the region of Attica and 2,694 are hosted in facilities of central and southern Greece. 7,658 refugees and migrants are hosted in several facilities rented by the UNHCR, 2,749 in non-organised facilities 3,600 persons are living outside organised facilities.

10,319 refugees and migrants were recorded on the eastern Aegean islands.

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